With astonishing persistency, he refers again and again to this particular locality.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
While they readily admitted their own points of advantage, even to the extent of giving themselves more credit than they deserved, they refused to be equally fair with their competitor, as men do, and contended, with an ignorant persistency, that Ben's City was prosperous because of "luck," whereas they should have known that there is no such thing, either good or bad.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
It was desirable to keep pace with the binder, though the task is one that is beyond the strength of a single man in a heavy crop, and it was only by toiling with a savage persistency that he and his companion had partially accomplished it.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss